00:00 In Haiti, more than 2,400 deaths from violence have been recorded from January 1 to August
00:06 15 of this year.
00:07 The deaths told from extreme brutality by gangs in Haiti between January and mid-August
00:12 are rising to around 2,439, according to a report released Friday by the United Nations.
00:21 During this period, another 902 people were injured and 951 have been kidnapped, amid
00:27 the rise widespread violence lead to a combination of factors including the political instability
00:32 and the economic crisis the country is going through.
00:36 The spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rabina Shamdassani,
00:42 reiterated the UN's calls for urgent security action to send a multinational force to support
00:47 the Haitian police.
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